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Chapter 3: Taking a walk with a Turk and Stopping bar fights

When I stepped out of the bar into the night air, I had noticed that it was actually quite chilly, and that I had not even bothered to bring a jacket or a sweater to keep me warm. I couldn't help but shiver a little.

Apparently Reno noticed this, and the next thing I knew, he was holding out his jacket in front of me.

"Well….?" he said questioningly, "You gonna take it or not?"

I quickly grabbed the jacket and slipped it on around me. It was really big around me, but it was still warm from Reno wearing it so I just snuggled into it some more.

"Thanks.." I mumbled kindly.

"No problem…"

We walked around a few more minutes in silence. It was actually surprisingly quiet in town this time of night, which it normally never is. It was very peaceful. I was so busy in taking in the silence of the night, that I didn't notice Reno stop in front of me, which lead me into running into his back.

"oomph!"

"Jeeze kid pay attention to what's in front of ya."

"Sorry…" I mumbled apologetically. I looked up from the ground and noticed we were at the park. The last time I had seen the park, it was nothing but a pile of rubble. But, apparently, some people had managed to rebuild it and it looked good as new. I noticed Reno walk over to the swing set and get on a swing. I followed and sat down on one as well.

"You know…." he started, "I remember how the old park used to be littered. There would always be pieces of lumber laying around and tools for construction. I always found that dangerous being that there were kids playing around that crap… It's amazing none of them got hurt from playing around it."

I smiled at him for his concern and began to take in my surroundings. I glanced over everything in the park, when I noticed some flowers. Without even saying anything, I got up from the swing and made my way over to them.

"Haley….??What are you doing??" I heard Reno ask, but I ignored his question and kept walking over to the small patch.

I bent down on my knees and stared at the flowers, taking each one in. I took me awhile to identify what type of flowers they were exactly, but I finally figured out what they were. My mind was so caught up in the flowers, I didn't notice Reno come to stand next to me.

"Dahlias…." I whispered aloud. They were dahlias and lilies.

I felt my eyes begin to water. Dahlias were my mothers favorite flower. I tried to blink back my tears, but several had already escaped. Reno quietly knelt down next to me and took notice of my tears, seeing as I was rapidly wiping them away.

"Hey…? What's the matter? Why are you crying?" he asked concerned.

"These flowers…" I said pointing to the dahlias, "were my mothers favorite." I smiled sadly at the flowers. I looked over to the lilies, which my favorite, and tried to stop thinking about the other flowers.

"Oh…" Reno mumbled, apparently trying to hold back any other questions he had about my past.

We stayed in silence a few more minutes, with me just staring at the flowers, and Reno looking around thinking of something to say to make me feel better.

I sighed and fell backwards in the grass, staring up at the sky. Reno, of course, had know idea what just happened, but followed my actions, laying beside me in the grass.

The stars were already out, shining up in the sky without any clouds to hide them from anyone. I stared up at them looking for the constellations. Reno turned his head to look at me. He didn't say anything…He just stared at me.

I continued staring up at the star filled sky, when I remembered something familiar like this from my childhood.

Flashback:

A mother and her 2 children sat in a field of flowers under the night sky, looking at the stars above them. The mother told her 2 children, a boy with spiky blond hair and a little girl with blond hair that was straight, stories about the many constellations. She then pointed to one star, the one that was the brightest of them all and the biggest.

She than said:

"Cloud, Haley? Do you see that star right there?" she asked them while she pointed at the bright star.

The little girl chirped "Yes mommy!!! I see it!!!" the little girl pointed to the star her mother was talking about. She then turned to the older boy and said, "Cowed (being as she was only 4 and had a hard time pronouncing some things) do you see the star?" she said while crawling on the older boys back. She loved her big brother and he loved her too, so he didn't push or paw her away from him.

"Yea…I see it too!" he said pointing to where his mother was pointing. His little sister was having a hard time holding on to his back so he reached behind him and pulled her up a little and held onto her from behind.

"Why?" he asked.

"Well," their mother began to say, "Whenever you two are on a journey or im not here anymore to take care of you, or you have to make a certain choice or path in life, look up to sky for that star and it will light the way. And if you two are ever alone or feel alone, look up to that star and remember this….Im always with you and your never truly alone. Ill always be with…even if you cant see me because ill always be with you in here." she said pointing to both of their chests to where their hearts are.

"Do you both promise me that?" she asked them.

"I promise you mommy!" said the little girl.

"So do I!" said the boy

The mother smiled lovingly at her 2 children's answers. She looked back up to the sky. The family stayed that way a little longer before finally going back inside their little house.

End flashback:

Those words my mom had spoken to me and Cloud all those years ago reminded me about that promise.

'Even if you cant see me…I'll always be with you right here.'

I touched my chest where my heart was while remembering those words. I felt a pang in my chest just thinking about them. It wasn't an upset feeling, but a sad feeling. I didn't really keep that promise to well…I spent all my time looking for Cloud feeling alone, when I made a promise to always know im not.

And right now….I know that I will never be truly alone.

"Hey, you alright?" I turned my head to meet the concerned gaze of Reno.

"Yea im fine.." I replied and turned my gaze back up to the sky. I then noticed something very familiar up in the sky. The brightest star.

"Look!" I said pointing to the bright star in the sky.

Reno looked up at the sky. "Look at what?" he asked

"You see that star? The one that's the brightest?" I asked him. He looked around for it for a few more seconds.

"oh, yea I see it now…"

"When I was little, my mom would always tell us stories about the stars and constellations. She said to us one time, that that star-" I said pointing up at it, "was the brightest one there is. She said that whenever we were ever lost or on a journey of our own, to look up at that star and think with our hearts. She said that it would guide us on the path we were to take in life." I said.

Reno turned his gaze from the stars to look at me.

"Hey, are you crying?" he asked softly. Indeed, I felt my eyes sting with the tears.

I ignored his question and continued on with what I was saying.

"She also told us that if she wasn't ever around to take care of us one day, to look up at that star and remember these words….Im always with you and your never truly alone…ill always be with you even if you cant see me because ill always be with you right here in your hearts…" I said choking on my tears as I continued.

"When I found her after Sephiroth had burnt down Nibelheim, she was still barely alive…She told me to let my heart guide me….that it whispers so to always listen closely…" I managed to say all that before breaking down in sobs.

Reno said nothing. Instead he wrapped his arms around me held me close to him, trying to comfort me. He sat me in his lap, arms around me and rubbing his thumb soothing circles on my shoulder. And it felt very comforting….something I thought that Turks could never be good at.

He said nothing as he held me, trying to comfort me as I cried.

Once my crying had stopped, I laid back down in the grass to stare up at the star filled sky. I remember how my mom, Cloud, and I would always be outside at night staring up at them. She would sing us a lullaby she had learned somewhere at them. Actually, she would always sing it to us and it was one that I have memorized by heart.

Without a thought about anything else, I quietly began to hum the lullaby, singing the words in my head.

"Ya' know, I never knew you could play the piano."

I stopped humming and turned to look at Reno.

"Your point?" I asked.

"Well I uh….well, never really thought of you as someone that could play…"

"Are you saying, that because I'm a girl and I can fight, that I cant play the piano?" now he was really making me mad.

"No, I'm not saying that at all….what im saying is that its impressive that a good fighter is a really good piano player." his words sounded pretty sincere there, but I still have my doubts that's what he was really planning to say.

I chuckled quietly at him. "I'll take that as a sort of Turk compliment."

He laughed at my choice of words. "Yea well I guess that's what I would call it."

My PHS then began to ring. I took it out of my pocket and looked at the caller id. It was Tifa.

"Hello?"

'Haley where are you?' she asked.

"Im at the at the park."

"WITH RENO?!?!?!" Gawd, what is it with everyone freaking out about who im with?!?

"Yea…..?"

'Well, listen I need you to get back to the bar ASAP!!! I need your help.'

I let out a loud sigh. "Ok ill be there in a couple of minutes."

I closed my PHS and looked at Reno.

"I gotta get back to the bar…apparently im needed by Tifa."

"Ok, I'll walk you back then." he said as he stood up.

We started walking back to the bar. It was silence the whole way back to the bar.

"Well thanks for the walk." I smiled at him.

"Yeah well thanks for walking with me. I'll see ya around." and with that said, he started walking off.

I walked into the bar to find that Tifa was in the middle of the room, glaring at two men who looked like they were fixing to rip each other apart.

Tifa looked over at me, and a look of relief washed over her face.

"Oh Haley!!! Than Gaia you're back!!!" she said, waving me over.

"Tifa what's going on here?" I asked, gesturing towards the two guys that looked ready to kill.

"Well, apparently one of them bumped into the other, knocking the guys beer out of his hand. Then the guy got real pissed at him for not saying sorry, and then they started to throw insults back and forth and all that crap…. Someone already broke them apart from killing each other once, but it looks like they're fixing to go at it again…" she said looking back at the two men.

Just as she had finished telling me the whole story, sure enough, the two guys went at each other again. On punched the other in the face while one kicked one in the stomach. Before the fight could progress in destroying what remained of bar property, I stepped in between the two men and put my arms out two stop them from attacking each other any more.

"ALL RIGHT NOW THAT'S ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!" I yelled at them. Of course they did the most stupid choice they could've ever made. They went around me and started to throw punches at each other again.

"These guys are really starting to piss me off…" I muttered under my breath.

Once more I stepped in between them, once more trying to hold them back, but instead this time, I almost got punched in the face. Luckily, I ducked down before the fist could come in contact with my face, and threw a kick towards both of the guys nuts.

"I SAID THAT'S ENOUGH OUT OF BOTH OF YOU!!!!" I shouted again even louder than before.

Both men fell to the floor in pain from my kick, groaning. Everyone else was silent.

"Most of you that always come here know the bar rules: no money, no service. Secondly, you break something you replace it. And thirdly, you start a fight, we kick you out and you're not allowed back in the bar or on the property. You two…." I said pointing at the groaning men on the ground, "You two just broke two of the rules. Rules 2 and 3. Now you can either 1) pay off the damage you caused by cleaning up your mess and the dishes and we forgive and we let you come back anytime you'd like without starting trouble or 2)You still pay for the damages inflicted on bar property and never show your scumbag faces around my bar again!" Ok, well, technically it's Tifa's bar, but hey im caught in the moment plus, I live upstairs!

Both men remained silent until Tifa spoke up.

"Well you heard the woman! What's it gonna be?!" she asked.

"Choice number 2." they both answered.

"Good answer!" I said all to happily, "Now that'll be $200 dollars worth of damages you caused." both men handed over the money due and walked out.

The rest of the bars customers cheered. Apparently, they were happy that we had stooped the fight into progressing into something much worse.

I said nothing more as I began to walk upstairs to my bedroom. Yelling at people sure can take a lot outta ya!

I entered my room and changed into a tee-shirt and some sleep shorts before plopping down onto my bed. I thought about everything that happened today before drifting of to dreamland.